Chapter Five: Rick and Evy Again

By the time Evy was done explaining everything to Rick, she was almost in tears. And Rick was holding her close as she buried herself in his chest. "Evy, I'm so sorry! I wish you would've told me sooner." he said, feeling terrible for what Jack had done to her.

"I should've. I'm sorry."

"It's ok. I understand why you wouldn't want to talk about it. So, I take it that's where the scar on the inside of your elbow came from? And it's not from falling off a tree?" he asked.

"Yes. I'm so sorry I lied." She started crying.

"Shh. It's ok. I'm here. It's ok." He couldn't really be sure that it was ok, but he had to say something. He couldn't just sit there.

"There's something else that I didn't tell you." she said, getting over her crying fit.

"What?"

"I've only had these dreams once before. It was just after I left him and went to Jonathan's. But, when I had the dreams, he came back. In real life. Jack came back and tried to take me back. Luckily, Jonathan was there and had some friends over. His friends threw him out of the apartment after they found out who he was." She laughed a little at this memory.

"Do you think that will happen again?" Rick asked, a little scared that this guy might come back and kidnap Evy and who knows what he would do to her.

"I don't know. I hope not but something's telling me it will. It might just be the fact that it happened last time. It was probably just coincidence though, since it was right after I left him. But it's been years now. He's probably forgotten all about me."

"I doubt he's forgotten you. But, he may have given up on getting you back. Plus, even if he does come for you, I'm here and you know that I would never let you go. No matter what!"

"I know." Evy said, assured that nothing would happen with Rick there to protect her. They finally laid down and fell asleep in each others arms. Surprisingly, Evy had no dreams that night. And when they woke up, they were still in each others arms, just the way that they'd fallen asleep. Evy was the first to move and get out of bed. She went to the bathroom across the way to take a shower and get ready for work. Rick got up and went downstairs to get breakfast ready so she and Alex would get something before they left. Alex was going with his mother to the library again. He made some bacon and scrambled eggs. Jonathan and Jenny were the first to come in and eat. They then left to go in to town and spend the day with each other. Alex was the next to come in and he ate and then went into the living room and watched TV until his mom was ready to go.

She finally came down and ate. Her and Rick talked a little about general things. Rick told Evy that he wasn't sure if he'd be home when she got there because he was going to go to the store since they were low on groceries. But he figured that he should be home by the time she got there, since she usually stayed late. Usually until 9:00pm, and then she'd get home at about 9:15pm. She and Alex left, and Rick was alone to just hang out all day. He decided to see what was on TV.

A while later, at about 5:30pm, he left for the store, and returned at about 6:30pm. And as he suspected, he was the only one there. He put the groceries away and went back to watching the TV. He figured that he'd end up watching it until Evy and Alex got home.

Evy worked until only 8:30pm tonight and decided to call it a day. "Alex?" she called, trying to find him. It was a very big place and there were a thousand places he could be.

"Yes?" he called back.

"It's time to go! Pick out some books if you want to take any home!" She knew that since she was leaving a half an hour early, he probably wasn't finished with his books. He chose two to take home. "Ok. Take your books and wait for me in the car, I have to lock up." she said sweetly.

"Ok, mum." Alex replied as he trotted off to the car. Evy made sure that all the lights were turned off and everything was locked. She turned the sign on the front door to 'closed' as she locked it. Then she headed to the car.

On the way home, she noticed that there was a car that pulled off the side of the road just after she left the library and was now behind her. She didn't think of it, but she noticed that it followed her all the way until she pulled into the driveway. She though it was a little strange but pushed it out of her mind, thinking nothing of it.

When they entered the front door, Alex went straight to his room to finish his books, and Rick came to greet his wife. "Good to see you home early." he said, taking her into his arms. "How come you decided to take off?" he asked.

"No reason really. I had nothing else to do at the library. I finally finished all my work. So for now, I think I'm done staying late. I'm going to return to my normal hours next week."

"Good! Now a can spend 3 more hours a night with my wonderful wife! I can't wait."

"Me neither." she said as she leaned in to give her husband a kiss. Just as their lips met, Jonathan came walking in.

"Please, take it in your room!" he complained.

"Shut up Jonathan!" both Rick and Evy said in unison.

"Well, fine!" he said, returning to his room. Rick and Evy then went upstairs, in each others arms the whole way. They spent the rest of the night together in their room. a/n: I think you know what I'm getting at.